Caliciales
Caliciales | |
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The shrub stubble lichen (Calicium adaequatum) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Subclass: | Lecanoromycetidae |
Order: | Caliciales Bessey (1907) |
Families | |
Caliciales is an order of mostly lichenized fungi in the class Lecanoromycetes. It consists of two families: Caliciaceae and Physciaceae, which together contain 54 genera and more than 1200 species.[1] The order was circumscribed by American botanist Charles Edwin Bessey in 1907.[2]
References[]
- ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, LKT; Dolatabadi, S; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
- ^ Bessey, C.E. (1907). "A Synopsis of Plant Phyla". University of Nebraska Studies. 7: 275–373 (see p. 299).
Categories:
- Caliciales
- Lecanoromycetes orders
- Taxa described in 1907
- Caliciales stubs